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Shabak Modifies Abu Seesi Gag, Extraordinary Rendition as Act of War (By Other Means) Against Hamas and Gaza?
March 11, 2011Thanks to a major AP story breaking the Dirar Abu Seesi case, the Shabak has modified its gag order and allowed reporting inside Israel that derives from foreign sources (such as AP). But Israeli media are still not allowed to develop their own original reporting, so that leaves us to continue our work. Unfortunately, the [...]
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Hezbollahs Goldstone Report
January 19, 2011Hussein Ibish sees parallels between the Goldstone report on the Israeli incursion into Gaza, and the upcoming U.N. report on the murder of Rafic Hariri. I see certain superficial parallels, at least. Hussein:Hezbollah’s withdrawal from, and collapsing of, the government because the cabinet would not repudiate the tribunal is an implicit admission that the likely [...]
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Internal Security Minister: Israel Not Enough of Police State Already, Tens of Thousands More Officers Needed, Weve Lost Control of Arab Sector
December 15, 2010Israel’s Internal Security Minister is doing what government ministers tend to do: he’s shilling for his fiefdom, seeking ever greater wads of government cash to pad his little portion of the kingdom. Yitzhak Aharonovitch is whining (though he protests: “I haven’t come here to whine, but rather to open eyes”) to the Knesset Budget Committee [...]
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Palestinian Areopagitica II
November 24, 2010Journalists The international press freedom organization, Reporters Without Borders, has claimed that Palestinian journalists are victims of: “Collateral damage in the years-long conflict,between the Fatah and Gaza factions. In both Hamas’ Gaza Strip and Fatah’s West Bank, journalists are participators in a depressing and desperate game of ping-pong.” The Reporters Without Borders piece paid special [...]
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Big Gaza No No
November 22, 2010“Gaza, Gaza, Gaza, we understand it is too much to ask for you to recognize the State of Israel, or to cease acts of terrorism and violence. But when you fire rockets at Israel, can you please not use white phosphorous.” Your pal, The Jewish State of Israel. Last week, Israel fielded a protest at [...]
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IDF Implies, Then Retracts That U.S. Approved Gaza Hit
November 5, 2010The IDF teamed up with the Shin Bet to execute a Gaza militant, Mohammed al-Nimnim (or Nemnem), thought to be a leader of a shadowy group Army of Islam. The group has engaged in activities like kidnapping which haven’t always sat well with the Hamas rulers of the enclave. Army of Islam played a role [...]
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IDFs Gaza Siege Provides Hamas Showcase
November 3, 2010Yesterday, I interviewed the director of the Israeli NGO, Gisha, Sari Bashi, about conditions in Gaza. Bashi, a graduate of Yale University and Law School and an international human rights lawyer, clerked for an Israeli Supreme Court justice. To top it all off, she’d just completed an ultra-marathon. I imagined her running up and down [...]
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IDF Investigates Commander in al-Samouni Gaza Massacre
October 25, 2010Several months ago, the IDF announced publicly that it had begun investigations into two senior commanders for decisions they made during Operation Cast Lead which had been specifically singled out by the Goldstone Report as potential war crimes. The Haaretz article reporting this, specifically mentioned one inquiry involved the use of white phosphorus against military [...]
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The Viva Palestina and “The Siege”
October 24, 2010On October 21, 243 truckloads of food, fuel + construction materials legally entered the Gaza Strip via Karni & Kerem Shalom Crossings under the auspices of the IDF. In yet another attempt to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip, after five weeks on the road through France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Syria, the Viva [...]
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Walking on Water
September 29, 2010The Israeli Government and the IDF coordinated the delivery of a variety of Humanitarian Aid and Development Assistance to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, whose dire situation is actually questionable and whose peaceful disposition is a fallacy. The month of August saw a 41% increase in the net volume of truckloads entering Gaza, [...]
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Bibis Physician Says Hes Plump, Puts Him on Gaza Diet
September 20, 2010Bibi’s physician, after a recent physical exam, noted the prime minister was healthy but needed to lose a few kilograms. Would it surprise you to learn that his doctor was a certain Dr. Dov Weissglas, and that the well-known diet doctor recommended his patented “Gaza diet” as a way to lose the required weight? Yup, [...]
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Olmert: I Attacked Syrian Reactor, Barak Opposed Me
September 20, 2010A fascinating political power struggle is being played out in Israel, between Ehud Olmert and allies and Ehud Barak. The fight involves Olmert’s political legacy as he faces serious corruption charges which threaten to tarnish or destroy his reputation, and also involves bitter interpersonal and political rivalries among all the parties. But most fascinating of [...]
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AREOPAGITICA
August 2, 2010The separation of the Gaza Strip’s Hamas government and the West Bank’s Fatah led Palestinian Authority has caused more than a few fundamental symptoms of a serious schism. One such symptom is the Freedom of Press. 42-year-old Hamato Samir was the editor of the newspaper al-Hayat al-Jadida, based in Gaza. He had reportedly encountered problems [...]
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Israel Eradicates Bedouin Village in Negev
July 28, 2010How desolate sits the city that was full of people, How she has become as a widow that was great among the nations –Jeremiah 1:1 This is the month of Av, the saddest of the Jewish year because the 9th of the month commemorates the destruction of the Holy Temple. On this fast day, we [...]
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British PM Cameron: Gaza is a prison camp
July 27, 2010In a visit to Turkey, newly appointed British Prime Minister said that the attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla was “‘completely unacceptable” This is from the Telegraph’s report: Today Mr Cameron said: ”The situation in Gaza has to change. Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. ”Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to [...]